• How good can the CBR500R fuel efficiency
really get on a stock bike? Frickin Jim here and this is a No BS Test
of hypermiling technique applied to the CBR500R. • As everyone knows, the CBR500R is already
excellent on fuel. Better than most 250cc bikes actually. As I explained in my in-depth review of the
CBR500R, my testing has shown that relaxed riding results in about 76 miles per US gallon,
normal riding results in about 72 miles per US gallon, and spirited riding results in
68 miles per us gallon. • But what if the basics of hypermiling
are applied? That’s exactly what I put to the test. • I did not make any modifications to the
bike. I just wanted to see how it would perform
in stock trim. I kept the tire pressure at the manual-specified
36 PSI in front and 42 PSI in the rear. I kept my rear rack and panniers on because
I always ride with them so taking them off would be unrealistic for my purposes. • I set off on an overcast day at about
80 degrees Fahrenheit. I went directly to the gas station and filled
the tank up to a certain point on the plate in the tank. • I started it back up and immediately started
riding with hypermiling in mind. Basically, that means using very careful acceleration
and gear selection while keeping the bike under 60 mph to try to achieve the best fuel efficiency. I only had to go a couple miles to get on
the highway, but it’s still important to note that there is a handful of stop and go
miles included that could have affected this test. • Once I was on highway 95 it was a straight
shot and relatively flat, but there definitely was a bad side wind. That could also have affected the results
of this test. • From there, all I did was stay in the
slow lane and hold the bike at about 55mph for about 50 miles. When I hit 50 miles, I started looking for
a place to turn around. The side wind only got worse throughout the
ride, and was really noticeable when I turned around. • At 64.7 miles, one bar finally disappeared
from the fuel gauge. Since each bar generally equates to about
6/10ths of a gallon, things were looking good so far despite all the wind. • With 99 miles on the trip meter, a second
bar disappeared on the dash display, indicating that I had used over a gallon. • When I reached the same gas station I
filled up at, the trip meter was at 101.9 miles. I parked at the same pump and same angle as
before to keep the tilt consistent. I filled to the same point as before, and
the pump said I had dispensed 1.194 gallons. • So my efficiency level was about 85 miles
per US gallon, which is not bad at all considering There was some stop and go miles put in there and it was really windy. • Another interesting note to add is that
the MPG counter on the dash display said that I achieved 65 miles per gallon, making it
just completely wrong. The thing is basically useless. This is not news, of course. Everybody who has tested the MPG counter against
real MPG has proven that it is garbage. • So what are the implications of this test? Well, it gives us an idea of how far we can
reasonably expect to be able to stretch the MPG on this bike. Just recently I actually had to apply this. My wife and I were on a rather large ride through
some Nevada and California back country and I missed a critical fuel stop. Well, since gas stations are spread out quite
a distance in those parts, we hit empty on the fuel gauge with about 50 miles until the
next gas station. I ended up slowing way way down and we made
it to the next gas station. Considering this test, we very well may have
run completely out of fuel if I had kept up our 80 mile per hour pace. • This test also shows us that we can easily
get more than 300 miles out of a fill up on this bike just by changing the way we ride. •Thanks for watching, and if you’ve found any of this information
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